Thread: 5th Shave - Lather. What am I doing wrong?

Originally Posted by Dan

The only thing that puts me off that is the prospect of whisking on my face and making irritating the skin or even flicking soap into my eye.

I wouldn't worry about it. I only build lather on my face, and have never run into that problem. Here's what I do...

When I get into the bathroom in the morning I start both the sink and the shower running at full hot. Once the water is coming as hot as it will get, I plug the sink to fill it up. I keep a small coffee mug in the bathroom, and I put my brush in that mug, then that mug into the sink, and let it fill up with hot water and over flow into the sink. By the time I am done adjusting the temp of the shower the sink and mug are full so I shut off the water, and take my shower.

When I get out of the shower, I open the package that my Col. Conk soap comes in (I like Amber the best) and take my brush out of the mug still sitting in the sink full of hot water. I shake it gently a couple of times to get the excess water out of the brush. I usually know I have the right amount of water out of the brush when I can hold it with the bristles at a 90 degree angle to the sink, and can swirl it gently in circles, without excess water falling out.

Next, I rub the brush in a circular motion on top of the soap cake (still in the original package) until I start to see some large bubble lather start to form on top of the cake. When this happens, I use the sides of the bristles to pick most of this up off the cake, and load the brush with soap. Then I just start going in a circular motion on my cheek, and a thick rich lather will form. I spread it out all over my face, then I finally take the mug out of the hot water, empty it, and put the brush into the hot mug to sit while I shave, and it keeps the lather on the brush nice and warm.

This method provides me with plenty of lather to shave my face and head to a BBS state with some left over.

Hope this helps
Adam